sinon

See also: si non and s-inon

French

Etymology

Contraction of Middle French si non. Compare Catalan sinó, Portuguese senão.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.nɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Conjunction

sinon

1. except, apart from

   Je ne sais pas grand-chose, sinon que je t’aime.

   I don't know much, except that I love you.

2. if not

   Même si je perdais la plupart de mes livres, il m’en resterait au moins une centaine, sinon plus.

   Even if I lost most of my books, I would still have at least a hundred, if not more.

3. otherwise, or else

Further reading

• “sinon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• nions

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French sinon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinɔ̃/

Conjunction

sinon

1. otherwise
2. besides

Related terms

• si

Spanish

Conjunction

sinon

1. Obsolete spelling of sino.